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Title
Aerial view of Los Angeles and surrounding vicinities, looking northwest
Alternative Title
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection
Creator
Kelly, Howard D
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1956
Publication Information
Kelly-Holiday
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Aerial view of Los Angeles, Civic Center, Hollywood, San Fernando Valley, Atwater Village, and Glendale; view is looking northwest. Some identifiable areas include: Alameda Street, bottom middle to middle right; Union Station and U.S. Post Office Terminal Annex, extreme middle right; City Hall, middle right; Pershing Square, mid-photo; Pasadena (110) Freeway, middle left to middle right; MacArthur Park, middle left; Hollywood (101) Freeway, middle right and curving up to top left; Echo Park, just right of upper center; Chávez Ravine, upper right; Silver Lake Reservoir, upper right; Los Angeles River, upper right to middle top; Glendale (2) Freeway, upper middle to top right; and Griffith Park, upper middle. Photograph dated November 14, 1956.
Type
Image
Format
1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00089691
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 317-9
CARL0004961012
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/5317
Subject
United States Post Office Terminal Annex (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Union Passenger Terminal (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
City halls--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Rivers--California--Los Angeles
Express highways--California, Southern
Westlake (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Aerial views
Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.)
MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Chávez Ravine (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Echo Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
United States Highway 101
Los Angeles River (Calif.)
State Route 2 (Calif.)
Interstate 110
Arroyo Seco Parkway (Calif.)
Aerial photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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